North Carolina · Private foundation
The Higgs Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $490k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $295,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Higgs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $490k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $512k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $161k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $236k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $106k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $140k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $113k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy | $1,023,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Weddington United Methodist Church | $110,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Institute for the Study of War Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Patriot Military Family Foundation | $86,285 | 5 | 15% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America Mecklenburg County Council | $51,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Turning Point Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| USO of North Carolina Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy | $1,023,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Weddington United Methodist Church | $110,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Institute for the Study of War Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Patriot Military Family Foundation | $86,285 | 5 | 15% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America Mecklenburg County Council | $51,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Turning Point Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| USO of North Carolina Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| No One Left Behind Foundation Corporation | $10,000 | 2 | 56% |
| No One Left Behind | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joint Service Special Operations Fund Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Charity Global Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation | $7,700 | 2 | 0% |
| The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Willows Wish Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baby Bundles | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sos Children's Villages-Usa Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($277k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Higgs Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Higgs Foundation
- How much does The Higgs Foundation give?
- The Higgs Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $490,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Higgs Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (62%), Human Services (11%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are The Higgs Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy ($1.0M), Weddington United Methodist Church ($110k), Institute for the Study of War Inc ($100k).
- Does The Higgs Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Higgs Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Higgs Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, Duke Energy Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Higgs Foundation based?
- The Higgs Foundation is based in NC.
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